The Best of Both Rogues

by Samantha Grace

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I received an ARC through NetGalley.

The Best of Both Rogues is another enjoyable addition to this unconventional series. This time we're following Sebestian Thorne's younger sister, Eve, and the man who broke her heart two years prior, Ben Hillary. I was excited for them, because my favorite scene from In Bed With a Rogue was when she got to choose the duel weapon for her ex and brother! It was seriously too funny! But now Eve is engaged, but Ben isn't giving up on her so easily. And Eve is starting to have doubts about her fiance, since he's kind of a strange fellow.

I absolutely loved the first half of The Best of Both Rogues. Ben desperately wants Eve back and she still harbors feelings for him, but there's the matter of the contract of her upcoming marriage. She's not one to run off from her responsibilities, and Jonathan is a nice, caring man, if a bit absent-minded and obsessed with drums. Well, it turns out that Jonathan isn't so unobservant that he doesn't realize Eve's heart lies elsewhere, so he teams up with Ben in order to get her to call off the wedding and spare her the embarrassment of getting jilted twice! This is a horrible plan with hilarious results! But then there's a twist!

The Best of Both Rogues kind of lost me a bit after the twist. Not because it wasn't a good twist. I really liked it! But it just kind off dropped off after awhile. Ben and Eve are together, so there's really nothing left there, which seems to be a general problem with second chance romances. The development has already happened, so now they're just a happy couple doing married people things. There was one plot thread revolving this that never got resolved. It was like "oh, it happened! Let's tell the Bow Street Runners!" Then nothing.

I did enjoy The Best of Both Rogues, although not as much as the previous books. The humor and charm of the first part were lost in the second, and the plot didn't keep me engaged until the end since it all but disappeared.

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